"biga" meaning in Italian

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bigotta"
    }
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      "expansion": "Latin bīga",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin bīga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bighe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "biga f (plural bighe)",
      "name": "it-noun"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bì‧ga"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "id": "en-biga-it-noun-gjpLCll-",
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        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Baking",
          "orig": "it:Baking",
          "parents": [
            "Cooking",
            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo",
          "text": "Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
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          "baking",
          "baking#Noun"
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        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "poolish",
          "poolish"
        ]
      ],
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        "(baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "baking",
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iɡa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biga"
}

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    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Italian/iɡa",
    "Rhymes:Italian/iɡa/2 syllables"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bigotta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "bīga"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bīga",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin bīga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bighe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "biga f (plural bighe)",
      "name": "it-noun"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bì‧ga"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Italian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
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        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
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        "(historical) chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
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        "Requests for translations of Italian quotations",
        "it:Baking"
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo",
          "text": "Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.",
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      ],
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          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
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          "poolish"
        ]
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        "(baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "baking",
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iɡa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biga"
}